Grant made for Ocean Beach Rd

The Roads and Traffic Authority has advised Gosford Council that $700,000 will be spent on the Peninsula under the Federally-funded National Blackspot Program.

The announcement includes $100,000 funding for Ocean View Rd to Picnic Parade, Ettalong, and $600,000 for 3.5km of Ocean Beach Rd, from Woy Woy to Umina.

A report to council stated: "The grants received are those sought in the individual submissions lodged in respect of each project.

"They are intended to cover the full cost of each project although in the case of Ocean Beach Rd the treatment required at some major intersections may be beyond the scope of the grant.

"In the case of the Ocean Beach Rd project, a traffic management study recommending an integrated series of safety improvements is currently on public exhibition."

The report also stated that the grants offered were considered a good outcome for the Woy Woy Peninsula.

The total grant amount considerably exceeds the amount of Blackspot funding offered to Council in previous years.

The report stated: "The value of the grants offered and the terms on which they have been made available are most satisfactory and may well signal that council's recent approach to the Minister for Roads seeking critical infrastructure funding and a better working relationship with the RTA has been heeded."

Council agenda EO.20, June 7